Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 834 Where Does the Mask Come From?
Looking at Yang Wu and Chang Decai who were trembling, Xu Zhiqiong was furious.

Yang Wu has been with him for so long, he was quite obedient at first, but now he has so many thoughts, if he is not allowed to go to the sky, he still insists on going.

What's the use of keeping such a person?

Forget it!

Chang Decai needs to be disciplined more, and recently he has become undisciplined.

Now give them a good beating.

immediately……

Xu Zhiqiong took off the mask.

He remembered the origin of the mask.

This thing came from Long Xiulian.

At first it was a small wooden box on Long Xiulian's body. Xu Zhiqiong suspected that it had something to do with 梼杌. Out of fear, he didn't dare to open it and put it in a copper lotus.

Later, this thing was refined into a lotus seed by copper lotus. Holding this lotus seed, Xu Zhiqiong scared away many enemies.

I haven't used this lotus seed for a while, but I didn't expect the copper lotus to refine it into a mask.

The fear created by this mask was far stronger than that of lotus seeds. Yang Wu and Chang Decai lost control of their emotions when they saw Xu Zhiqiong wearing the mask.

But Xu Zhiqiong was also affected by wearing a mask, and his mood became extremely irritable.

Yang Wu is his brother, and Chang De is his sister.

Usually it's nothing more than a few laughs and a few pinches and spankings, but if you really want to talk about punishment, how can Xu Zhiqiong do it?
But just now, his anger was out of control, and it was really possible to kill Yang Wu.

This mask is very useful, but it also has great negative effects, so you should be more careful in the future.

After putting away the mask, Xu Zhiqiong comforted him for a long time before the two got rid of their fear.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Right now the Yin energy is enough, let's get on with the serious business!"

……

Hong Juncheng has also been doing serious things.

From early morning to late at night, Hong Juncheng successively went to the bedroom of sixteen concubines.

This was a pain for Li Quangen, the sixteen palaces were cleaned one by one, and all the servants under him lost their legs.

Where did God come from such a good mood?
This situation lasted for three days. Ever since Xu Zhiqiong passed away, Hong Juncheng has been in a good mood.

The good things are yet to come.

Tonight has come to midnight, Hong Juncheng left Concubine Xiao's bedroom and told Qin Yan that he was going to court.

child time!

He is going to court!

Li Quangen scolded his mother in his heart, but there was nothing he could do, he quickly cleaned the Enwei Hall, and the servants in each hall got busy, preparing for the court meeting.

All the ministers, with dark eyes, came to the court hall and bowed down.

At the court meeting, Hong Juncheng first said the first thing, adding Fu.

Hong Juncheng was very angry about the delay in collecting autumn Fu before: "Fu is the foundation of a country and the foundation of all people to live and work in peace and contentment.
Sporadic villains, who only care about petty profits and the foundation of the country, if they are not severely punished, it will be difficult to heal the wounds of the society and the hatred of the people! "

Hong Juncheng immediately issued an edict. Originally, it was decided to increase the tax by [-]% this year, but it was changed to an increase of [-]%. That is to say, each household must pay [-]% of the land tax.

This is only an official tax from the imperial court. As for the state donation and county donation, each locality decides for itself.

Hong Juncheng also issued an order that those who did not pay the tax within ten days would receive [-]% more money, and those who did not pay the tax within twenty days would have all their properties confiscated and the whole family sent to prison.

After the edict was issued, the officials were puzzled.

What happened to the gods?
Are you thinking too much?

In the past, [-]% of the extra money could not be collected, but now [-]% of the extra money is added, who can I ask for?
Of course, in Qiancheng Kingdom, no one dared to question the god.

Since Hong Juncheng issued the edict, he was naturally ready to deal with it.

As long as Xu Zhiqiong is gone, Hong Juncheng firmly believes that he can get rid of all the judges in Qiancheng Kingdom.

As long as there is no judge, all localities will immediately hand over the land tax. He really knows the roots of Qiancheng people too well.

Not only should land tax be added, but city tax should also be added.

The Qiancheng Kingdom does not allow business, and all the output of craftsmen, fishermen, and hunters must be handed over to the market for sale.

The price is set at the market, but about [-]% of the tax will be deducted, and this year, [-]% will be added to make it [-]%.

After adding silver, the price will be increased by [-]%.

One mile and one outside, [-]% profit.

As long as Xu Zhiqiong is gone, Qiancheng Kingdom will be able to restore its former prosperity and peace!
The ministers did not dare to ask more questions, what did the gods order to do.

After the edict was drawn up, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs asked, "Please ask the gods to decide on the post of general leader of the collection."

No one else dared to talk too much, so why did he insist on asking this question?
If you don't ask, the responsibility for tax collection will fall on the head of the household by default, and judging from this year's situation, the goal of tax collection set by the god is impossible to achieve.

Hong Juncheng understood the meaning of Hubu Shangshu, and only said one sentence: "Let's still leave it to Huaheng."

Originally, Hong Huaheng was asked to take over from Hong Zhenkang to handle the tax collection. Now that Hong Zhenkang's whereabouts are unknown, the matter is still handed over to Hong Huaheng.

But there was no news of Hong Huaheng, and the Minister of the Household Department did not know where to find someone.

Hong Juncheng didn't say much, and didn't need to say much.

He knew where Hong Huaheng was, and also knew Hong Huaheng's situation.

Hong Huaheng can act freely. If he is willing to come back and help Hong Juncheng solicit gifts, Hong Juncheng can consider keeping him alive, and there will be many helpers in the future.

If Hong Huaheng hid outside and did not come back, when the time limit expires, he will be arrested directly for the crime of ineffective collection and until he is executed.

For Hong Juncheng, those who have no value have no need to live, regardless of closeness or closeness, without exception.

Next, Hong Juncheng continued to deploy other government affairs, including reorganizing military affairs, reorganizing foreign affairs, expanding Jinxiu pen officials and many other matters.

The most important thing is that Hong Juncheng wants to rebuild the Shenji Division. He also specially reminded Hong Zhenji that Cong Ming is a member of the Shenji Division, and the officer has been reinstated.

The court meeting lasted until dawn, and all the ministers were in a daze, and went back to deal with their official duties.

Hong Juncheng's interest remained undiminished, and he went to Concubine Xiang's bedroom again.

Until the afternoon, Hong Juncheng felt a little sleepy and took a rest in the Shensi Hall.

Li Quangen heaved a sigh of relief and returned to Zhidian Supervisor, ready to interrogate the newly captured souls.

These ghosts were older and had stayed in the palace for hundreds of years, Li Quangen wanted to find out from them the reason why the gods killed the servants.

But when he arrived at the secret room of Zhidian Supervisor, two of his confidantes told him that those dead souls had disappeared.

Li Quangen was furious: "I asked you to take care of it, but now why do you say it's gone?"

The two confidantes were also aggrieved: "Palmprint, we got up this morning, we opened the spells and examined them one by one, only to find that those dead souls flew out of the bottle, and we don't know where they went."

flew out?

Li Quangen knew some spells and could trap the souls of the dead in the porcelain vase. Apart from the spells, these souls had shackles on them, so they couldn't fly out.

"Tell me the truth, you two, where are these dead souls? If you dare to lie again, I will kill you immediately!"

A servant said aggrievedly: "The palm print really flew away. Looking at it from the direction, it seems to have flown to the back garden."

Fly to the backyard?

Shenjun always goes to the back garden these days.

What's in the backyard?
……

In the Spring Palace, Liu Yupeng told the Second Holy Son Hong Huayun about today's court meeting.

"Your Highness, the three holy sons are still in charge of the collection of gifts. The situation has been settled, and the emperor will definitely pass the throne to the third holy son."

Hong Huayun's expression was dull, his eyes dull: "Father is above the court, but didn't he mention me?"

Liu Yupeng shook his head.

Hong Huayun looked at Liu Yupeng expectantly: "Then did you mention me on weekdays? Even a word is fine."

Liu Yupeng said: "Your Highness should know that Qin Yan, the supervisor of ceremonies, is my best friend. If the emperor mentions it, Qin Yan will definitely tell me."

Hong Huayun bowed his head and remained silent, Liu Yupeng sighed: "Your Highness, it's fine if I don't mention it, but if I do mention it, Your Highness should be more careful."

"No matter how careful you are, what's the use?" Hong Huayun's eyes suddenly became firm, "As long as I stay in this palace, my life will always be on the chopping block!"

Liu Yupeng was startled: "Your Highness has made up your mind?"

Hong Huayun looked at Liu Yupeng and said in a low voice, "In this palace, I only trust you! Can you take me out of the palace within five days?"

Liu Yupeng thought for a moment and said, "It's been a bit of a hurry in five days. It's not difficult to take His Highness out of the palace, but it's hard to bring His Highness's family."

"Take as much as you can, and if you really can't take it away, stay in Shenlin City!" Hong Huayun stared at Liu Yupeng, "They are all members of the Hong family. If the father can do it, let him kill them." That's right."

Hearing this, Liu Yupeng leaned over and saluted, "Old slave obeys."

……

In the Zhonglang courtyard, Chang De received the news from Liu Yupeng, and quickly passed it on to Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong smiled, within five days, he was about to start.

Chang Decai also said about the tax increase: "Master, Hong Juncheng has added another [-]% of the land tax, should we still take care of this matter?"

"Collect [-]% of the land tax, and then remove the government and county donations, what is left? There is really no way out."

Chang Decai shook his head and said, "Yelang people can bear hardships and endure suffering. Even if they go up to the mountains to eat wild vegetables, they can find a way to survive."

Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and said: "Tell Xia Zhonglang that anyone who is willing to pay the rations will be ignored, and those who refuse to pay the rations will be protected secretly by the judge. Those who dare to resist, let the judge help them vigorously. Let's see if they can act like human beings." Live!"

　Sorry, readers, for the long wait.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)